Saul has been rejected by the Lord but is still on the throne as king of Israel. David has been anointed and in 1 Samuel 16:13 “the Spirit of Yahweh rushed upon David from that day on”. While Saul struggles,…
Category: Devotions
Have You Come in Peace
Saul is rash, he is courageous and a man of war, but not wise in his words or actions and also swayed by the influence of those around him. Saul returns from battle with the Amalekites saying he has done…
Perhaps Yahweh Will Act For Us
Saul is anointed by Samuel, then rallies the people to fight the Philistines but the Philistines respond with overwhelming forces. Saul’s army is scattering and in 1 Samuel 17:7 “followed him (Saul) trembling”. Samuel had told Saul to wait seven…
Serve Yahweh With All Your Heart
The elders of Israel are afraid because there are armies around them. The Philistines have been a long-standing threat and now they fear the Ammonites so they come to Samuel and asked for a king. In their minds, a king…
Let Us Go Up To The Seer
Samuel is nearing the end of his time as a judge of Israel and the leaders come to him asking in 1 Samuel 8:5 “appoint a king for us to judge us, like all the nations”. While this was never…
Commit Your Hearts to Yahweh
Israel has been plagued by their enemies, the Philistines and they have suffered at the hand of Eli’s sons, the “worthless scoundrels” in 1 Samuel 2:12. But it wasn’t just these two, the nation as a whole had fallen away.…
Yahweh Came and Stood There
Hannah and her faithful husband Elkanah are blessed and the Lord gives her five more children. And she still sees her son Samuel in 1 Samuel 2:19 “His mother used to make for him a small robe and take it…
I Grin Over My Enemies
Naomi and Ruth suffer great loss and Ruth gives up her family and culture and religion to return to Bethlehem. But God opens a way for them and has Boaz waiting. They are redeemed and the Lord gives them back…
Your God Will Be My God
Naomi is at the lowest point in her life and decides to send her daughters in law back to their fathers because she has no way to provide for them. Ruth refuses to leave Naomi and instead makes a decision…
Because of the Hope of Israel
During what seems to be a certain disaster, as the ship Paul is traveling in is driven by a storm for fourteen days, the Lord uses him to maintain hope and in Acts 27:35–36 “And after he said these things…
Do You Believe The Prophets?
Paul has been sent specifically, as we are all sent generally, to take the gospel in Acts 26:20 “to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem and all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles”. And he has faithfully…
According to the Way So I Worship
Paul’s trip to Jerusalem comes some twenty years after Jesus was crucified there. And the Roman Governor Felix was struggling to keep peace in the region although, by some reports, his abuses only made the situation worse. So when the…
In All Good Conscience Before God
Paul is in Jerusalem and has been accused in Acts 21:28 “This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place!” and is held in chains until he is brought before the…
Shepherd the Church of God
Paul is beginning a new direction, to take the gospel to the Gentiles in Rome. As he heads to Jerusalem, he summons the leaders of the Church in Ephesus and gives them a warning. As oversseers, they have a responsibility,…